<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>

<em>v.type</em> changes the type of geometry primitives.

<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>

<em>Convert lines to area boundaries</em><br>
<div class="code"><pre>
v.type input=map_l output=map_b from_type=line to_type=boundary
</pre></div>

In order to create areas, centroids must be added with <b>v.centroids</b>.

<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>

<em>
<a href="v.centroids.html">v.centroids</a>,
<a href="v.to.points.html">v.to.points</a>
</em>

<h2>AUTHOR</h2>

Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy

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